Reading Rants: Clueless Main Characters
One of my biggest pet peeves in fiction is Clueless Main Characters. You’d think this would be one of the things authors would avoid. But it’s not. Throughout fiction, we see quite a spattering of main characters who are complete idiots. I’m currently in the middle of Northanger Abbey, a book I absolutely adore. The […]
The Journey by John A. Heldt
And we’re back! I’m planning on posting Tuesday and Friday from this point forward, although there may occasionally be a post on another day. Especially as I need to catch up on reviews. The hiatus was nice, but it’s good to be back. 🙂 Title: The Journey Author: John A. Heldt Series: Northwest Passage, #2 […]
DIY a Cover via Canva
A couple months ago, Perry Elisabeth, a talented designer, posted on Wordquill, an amazing blog. Like, seriously, Wordquill has some of the best advice for writers and authors and a lot of fun freebies. No, that wasn’t just a random, general statement. This post was How to DIY a Stunning eBook Cover without Photoshop. It’s a great […]
Money + Plans for Money + Other Stuff
I was just thinking along, minding my own business, when suddenly, it hit me. I’m going into my last year of school. After I’m finished, I intend to get a job, save money, and take some community college courses for the first year. And … those are honestly my only plans. I mean, I want […]
I Am Sixteen (Goin’ On Seventeen)
Last year I did a post on my birthday which was mostly excited and random and unintelligible. I did some blog tags and then spouted a bunch of random ‘facts.’ However, there was also a ranty section at the bottom where I discussed how my birthday was going awry, how depressed I was, etc. And […]
Hannah’s Moon by John A. Heldt
Title: Hannah’s Moon Author: John A. Heldt Series: American Journey, #5 Genre: science fiction (time travel romance) Era: contemporary & 1945 Setting: Tennessee, United States Publisher: John A. Heldt Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 5/5 stars Hannah’s Moon by John A. Heldt After struggling for years to have a child, […]
7 Christian Historical Romances
I was just going to have this be a mini review post, but I realized the genres were kind of … exactly the same. So this post is ‘7 Christian Historical Romances.’ Hopefully you enjoy these reviews. And no, these aren’t any particular Christian Historical Romances. They’re just ones I needed to review that I […]
Summer Goals + Updates
Hello ladies and gents! First, I’m going to have to ask my friend Lana to forgive me for using her beautiful illustration without her permission. I quite frankly forgot to ask. I did credit her, however. So … am I forgiven?* I’m a terrible person. Second, this is a kind of random post with a […]
Broken Branches by M. Jonathan Lee
Title: Broken Branches Author: M. Jonathan Lee Genre: horror/paranormal Setting: English countryside Publisher: Hideaway Falls Source: from the publisher Overall Rating: 3/5 stars Broken Branches by M. Jonathan Lee A family tragedy was the catalyst for Ian Perkins to return to the isolated cottage with his wife and young son. But now they are back, […]
June Wrapup + Hiatus
Wowza … July already? I know I’ve said this practically every month, but time flies. Time is like the jet plane of flying. I dislike time mightily … I feel like I didn’t do a lot in June, but I did publish two books. So that includes a lot of formatting and sweat and blood […]
TDS and IvIn Blog Tour: Wrap-Up
That’s right … we’ve finally reached the end of the blog tour! Two winners have been chosen (one for USA, one for International) and a name will be drawn from my list of newsletter subscribers for their choice of an ebook.* Before you see who the winners are, I have a few (other) announcements.** *This […]
TDS and IvIn Blog Tour: Day 11
Welcome to the last day of the blog tour! Aren’t you excited? I sure am! We’ve got a couple great posts for you and three Q&A videos.* Tomorrow morning I’ll be announcing the giveaway winners (and some other exciting stuff), so stay tuned! I’ll also be including an excerpt of The Chronicles of Alice and […]